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Shopping mall in Ghana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Accra Mall is a shopping mall in Accra, Ghana. It is located near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange, adjacent to the Tema Motorway. Commissioned on 4 July 2008, It is the first fully enclosed mall to be built in the country.[1][2]
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It is owned by Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam and the Owusu-Akyaw family.[3] As of 2017, approximately 7 million people visits the mall annually.[4]
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History
The mall opened on 4 July 2008. Joseph Owusu-Akyaw, a Ghanaian private businessman and Actis, a British investment firm, secured funding for the mall's construction. The cost of the mall was approximately $36 million dollars.[5] In 2012, Actis share hold of the mall (85%) was bought by Sanlam Ltd. and Atterbury Investment Holdings Ltd.[2][6]
Facilities
There are 75 stores and one food court in the building, more than 30% of whom are Ghanaian-owned.[4] Major brands located in the mall are Woolworths, Nike, Mango, and Apple.[5] The 2 anchor stores in the mall are Shoprite and Game.[1] The Accra mall is home to Ghana's only multiplex.[7]
Incidents
In 2018, 3 people sustained minor injures after parts of the mall's roof collapse.[8]
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